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Alaska Household Health Insurance Coverage Survey

Alaska Household Health Insurance Coverage Survey. Rebecca S. Wells, SM Health Survey Lab Manager State of Alaska, DHSS Division of Public Health Section of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. What is the Household Insurance Survey Designed to Measure?.

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Alaska Household Health Insurance Coverage Survey

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  1. Alaska Household Health Insurance Coverage Survey Rebecca S. Wells, SM Health Survey Lab Manager State of Alaska, DHSS Division of Public Health Section of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

  2. What is the Household Insurance Survey Designed to Measure? • Health care coverage of Alaskans in different parts of the state and in different job situations • Differences in health care coverage related to region, type of work and demographic characteristics.

  3. Survey Instrument • Developed from the CPS (US Current Population Survey) and CSCS (Consolidated State Coverage Survey) • Goal to reach a household • Speak with most knowledgeable adult HH member about health care coverage of each member of the household • More detailed questions are asked about one randomly drawn adult in the HH

  4. Methods • Random Digit Dial • Calls made from Health Survey Lab in Juneau • Randomly drawn telephone numbers from exchanges statewide provided by Marketing Systems Group • Stratified Sampling • Sample drawn using same 5 regions as the BRFSS survey • Oversample rural region

  5. BRFSS Regions Region 1 – Anchorage & Vicinity (Blue) Region 2 – Gulf Coast (Yellow) Region 3 – Southeast (Pink) Region 4 – Rural (Red) Region 5 – Fairbanks & Vicinity (Green)

  6. Plan/Timeline • 6 months of data collection • Plan – April 2006 – September 2006 • Actual – May 2006 – December 2006 • Goal to collect 1250 surveys total • 250 from each region • We are on track with this goal

  7. Comparison with BRFSS • Same sampling methods • Same regions • BRFSS • Goal to reach a HH and survey one randomly selected adult • One question on heath care coverage • Some state added questions on child health insurance coverage • HH Insurance Survey • Goal to reach a HH and get coverage information on all HH members • Detailed questions asked about one randomly selectedadult HH member

  8. Contact Information Rebecca S. Wells, SM Health Survey Lab Manager Ph: 907-465-8540 Email: rebecca_wells@health.state.ak.us

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